Next week's themes...
Thanks to all for this week's suggestions and I'm sure Pudsey would join me in saying special thanks to everyone who contributed to a pound a play to Children in Need.
I hope you the themes for next week and we are looking forward to seeing the suggestions. I think Tuesday's theme is going to be a lot of fun and if you can pick out a top tune then feel free to send me an mp3 of you in action.
Monday
Tonight it's the Black Magic Woman v's The Brown Eyed Handsome Man. It's Get It On's battle of the sexes. I want to play a 'man' song followed by a 'woman' song alternately throughout the show. This Charming Man or Sweet talking Woman? You decide...
Tuesday
Can you do Robbie Williams on the recorder? Is Richie Blackmore your guitar hero? Or can you tinkle away to the intro to Coldplay? Songs you can play is tonight's theme.
Ask for any song you like - the catch is that you or maybe one of your kids must be able to play it.Would be musicians - this is your night...
Wednesday
It's been announced that Galloway Forest Park is one of the best places in the world to see stars, so on tonight's show we turn our focus skywards. Starman, Catch A Falling Star or Lucky Stars. It's stars singing about stars...
Thursday
Henri Hannah has come up with a cracking theme of songs you love by the artists you don't. Can't bear Bono but love Where The Streets Have No Name? Does Life Is A Rollercoaster mean you've learned to rate Ronan Keating, and did Phil Collins ever release a good song? Get in touch and tell me about the track that stands out for you...
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At 20th Nov 2009, FrankInDenny wrote:Monday
Manchild........... Neneh Cherry
Woman in Chains........ Tears For Fears
F I D. :{)
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At 20th Nov 2009, CannyMarra wrote:Bryan, I've earned enough Brownie points to last until 2010 and it's thanks to you. Yas a star!!
Mon. PLASTIC MAN - Kinks
NOWHERE MAN - Beatles
MELANCHOLY MAN - Moody Blues
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE - Gene Pitney
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At 20th Nov 2009, squierepiphone wrote:No Matter Who You Vote For The Government Always Gets In - Bonzo Dog Band
and an apt comment on Get It On
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At 20th Nov 2009, DC wrote:Wednesday:
I'll go for our nearest star. When it becomes an aged star, it will become much bigger.
Gilmour's "Fat Old Sun" seems to fit the bill.......
:-I
DC
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At 20th Nov 2009, Scotch Get wrote:WEDNESDAY
'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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At 20th Nov 2009, Scotch Get wrote:TUESDAY
'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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At 20th Nov 2009, DC wrote:I do a graayyyytttt Gilmour on air guitar...
DC
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At 20th Nov 2009, Scotch Get wrote:MONDAY
'The Other Woman' - Nina Simone
'Cowboy Man' - Lyle Lovett
'Just Like a Woman' - Joe Cocker
'The Man Comes Around' - Johnny Cash
'If I Was With a Woman' - Ian Dury
'Honky Tonk Night Time Man' - Lynyrd Skynyrd
'You're Such a Good Looking Woman' - Joe Dolan
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At 20th Nov 2009, Scotch Get wrote:DC,
Has your Stylophone fallen overboard?
>8-D
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At 20th Nov 2009, joe-k-brown wrote:As usual, initial thoughts for the week ahead:
Monday
Man, I feel like a woman - Shania Twain
Songs which fit a strict interpretation of theme:-
Man's job - Springsteen
I鈥檓 every woman - Chaka Khan
Piano man or An innocent man - Billy Joel
Devil woman - Cliff
Lucky man - the Verve
Holiday - Joan as Police Woman
Simple man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sweet talkin' woman - ELO
Songs which might work too:-
The son of Hickory Holler鈥檚 Tramp 鈥 O.C. Smith
Maid in heaven - Be Bop Deluxe
Jealous Guy - Roxy Music
Country Girl - Primal Scream
The Boy's Are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy
American Girl 鈥 Tom Petty
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World 鈥 Prince
Papa Was a Rolling Stone - The Temptations
Take your Mama - Scissor Sisters
Stainsby Girls - Chris Rea
If I were a boy - Beyonce
Girls talk - Dave Edmunds
and finally........
Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp
So long St Christopher - Goldheart Assembly
Saving Grace - Everlast
The ghost of Tom Joad - Springsteen
Rhiannon - Fleetwood mac
Mack the knife - Sinatra
Janey don't you lose heart - Springsteen
Tuesday - no talent, so no suggestions
Wednesday 鈥 Stars
Silver Star - Four Seasons
You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show) - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr
Shining star - Earth Wind & Fire
Thursday - 鈥済ood鈥 songs/鈥渂ad鈥 artists
If you see her say hello - Dylan
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Save me a Saturday night - Neil Diamond (version from 鈥12 SONGS鈥 CD only)
Sylvia - Focus
C'mon c'mon - Von Bondies
Not ready to make nice - Dixie Chicks
Modern love - Last Town Chorus
have a good weekend all
Joe
Linlithgow
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At 20th Nov 2009, joe-k-brown wrote:Apologies, I forgot:
Fade into you - Mazzy Star
Star - Kiki Dee
Joe
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At 20th Nov 2009, paolopablo wrote:monday
Men and Wimmim
Rubberband Man / Detroit Spinners
Woman of Mine / Dean Friedman
Tues Songs you can play
Hide and Seek / Howard Jones
Wed
She's a Star / James
Star / Nazerath
Thu
I ain't a rap fan but I love
The Crown / Gary Byrd and the GB experience
I ain't a girlband/boyband fan but am rather partial to
Bootie Call / All Saints
Four Minute warning / Mark Owen
and seconds for Frank's woman in chains and Joe's Marilyn McCoo and Billie Davis jr which I have previously gotten on.
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At 20th Nov 2009, joe-k-brown wrote:Cheers pablo,
One final star suggestion:Waiting for a star to fall - Boy meets Girl.
Another 80s classic!
Joe
Linlithgow
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At 21st Nov 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:MONDAY:
You could do a lot worse than search for 'Trouble Is A Woman' by Julie Reeves.
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At 21st Nov 2009, DC wrote:I'll third Joe's excellent list, especially his "and finally" bit.
#9 kin yoo tell wot eet eees yit?
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At 21st Nov 2009, Scotch Get wrote:I bet it's another Joey.
How you doin'?
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At 21st Nov 2009, paolopablo wrote:oops forgot for monday
Superman / Five for Fighting
Saved me a tenner on thursday. Maybe I can get it for free this week.....
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At 21st Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Hello
Monday:
Mans Job - Springsteen, on Joes list as well really great track
Nothing Man - Springsteen as good a track as any that would be played, but a bit maudlin
Watch That Man - Lulu - Bowie b side of her other Bowie cover produced by the MainMan and outsrips the original. Cracker.
Woman In Winter - Skids, one of my absolute favourites
Hard Woman - Mick Jagger, great track as well from his She's The Boss album
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At 21st Nov 2009, Scotch Get wrote:#19
Speaking of Bowie covers;
THURSDAY
'The Man Who Sold the World' - Nirvana
Why did they bother? Should be sold as a cure for insomnia...
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At 21st Nov 2009, CannyMarra wrote:Mon. I should include a couple of ladies.
JUST BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN - Dolly Parton
LOVE ME LIKE A MAN - Bonnie Raitt
The live version please from the ROAD TESTED album.
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At 21st Nov 2009, Adam_from_Rio wrote:Monday
Woman - John Lennon
Wednesday
Is this a sneaky way into having Space as a theme again? Do rockets and moons count? If not and I cant have The Rah Band then I`ll go for
Shooting Star - Bad Company
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At 21st Nov 2009, Scotch Get wrote:Never moon a werewolf...
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At 21st Nov 2009, FrankInDenny wrote:Thursday...
Lady Linda ..............Beach Boys ( i know i know but i really like it )
Duchess .............................................. Stranglers
Every Picture tells a Story .................... Rod Stewart
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At 21st Nov 2009, FrankInDenny wrote:Wed...
All Star ............... Smashmouth
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At 21st Nov 2009, DC wrote:Monday:
"Just like a woman" - Bob Dylan
"Man of the world" - Fleetwood Mac (what a great way to finish the show)
I could submit more but this isn't my week for lists
:-)
DC
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At 21st Nov 2009, Glen Miller wrote:Monday
Woman - Free - They did much more than All Right Now
Day and Night - Man - The Welsh Wizards
Tuesday
The Happy Wanderer - Obernkirchen Choir - I used to play the first four notes on the piano until the neighbours had a whipround to send me to the Conservatoire in Paris (or anywhere)
Wednesday
Stardust - Louis Armstrong
Thursday
Instant Karma - John Lennon - After the Beatles it was obvious where the talent lay.
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At 21st Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:MONDAY - MAN
I'm A Man - Spencer Davis Group (Winwood at his best, I think, and very macho.)
I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen (this would cheer the ladies up, very amusing, quite unusual for Laughing Larry and helping us blokes relate more easily to our feminine side, I suppose)
Others are
Watch That Man - David Bowie -2nd the Lulu version - I'd like to hear it!
Old Man - Neil Young
Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers band
MONDAY - WOMAN
Your Woman - White Town (surely up there as a contender for the world's best one hit wonder?)
and,
Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac/ Santana.
Of course, both categories can be united by Percy Sledge's 'When A Man Loves A Woman'
regardez - vous
Henri
ps # 28 Glen, your choice for Thursday will raise a few eyebrows - I can feel a debate coming on - one of mine will be Yoko Ono.
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At 21st Nov 2009, FrankInDenny wrote:#27 28
No debate.... i'm firmly in the Macca camp
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At 21st Nov 2009, CannyMarra wrote:Mon. yet another lady. THIS WOMAN'S WORK - Kate Bush
Tues. I can play FOG ON THE TYNE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ on the kazoo
Thurs. Speaking of FOG ON THE TYNE - Wor Gazza is a canny marra but as a singer he's a reet heed-the-baall!!
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At 21st Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:#30 YES - 2nd that - 'This Woman's Work' - Kate Bush - the saddest song of all time? sheer brilliance - it can still reduce me to tears 20 years after it was released.
I'm also in the Macca camp.
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At 21st Nov 2009, CannyMarra wrote:#27 #28 #29 It's all subjective but ALL THINGS MUST PASS gives a clue.
The quiet ones bear watching.
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At 21st Nov 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:#31
Macca? Camp?
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At 21st Nov 2009, Glen Miller wrote:#31# #32
Who led from start to finish - from "One Two Three Four!" to "Someday I'm going to make her mine"?
Whose dirge asked us to "imagine no possessions"?
Whose suppressed creativity exploded after emerging from the others' shadows with a triple album almost ruined by a murderer and ended with a high on Cloud Nine?
Who wasn't even the best drummer in the Beatles?
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:#34
Hmmm... perhaps.. BUT most of his stuff (especialy ALL of the Ono stuff) is a bit cack.
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At 22nd Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:# 34 accepted, largely:
Lennon had greater originality of mind but a less developed musical talent because his real interests were not to do with ' music' but politics - yet - his was still an awesome musical talent - for pop/blues and slogans - but eclipsed - slightly, and incredibly, by another member of the same band.
John's originality of mind allowed the holding of two separate ideas to be held in mind at the same time - therefore it's possible to own 3000 fur coats and sing "imagine no possessions" - this was John's great skill. He knew what the public wanted to hear - as opposed to the reality of his own life - and, as opposed to McCartney's developing musical genius - John put his genius into his life rather than his music. He was a great propagandist, Goebells natural successor and way ahead of his time - Blair's hype and spin is amateur by comparison.
But let's be clear, Ringo is a great drummer - Macca can play drums, but Ringo can drum. Try this - put on 'Love Me Do' and try and follow the drums by banging on the kitchen table - it's mental - he's really really good - that's why George Martin put the boot into Pete Best. Or try banging out the minor drum solo on 'Carry That Weight' - there's a lot more to it than meets th ear.
That both Lennon - McCartney found themselves as collaborators in the same band is chaos theory writ large - that the support - Harrison, Star, Martin, was as it was, is probably proof that there is something else - bigger - going on.
As for dark horses, George could play, but he couldn't write memorsble hooks - that's why he got sued for plaigerism -everything else is Phil Spector production techniques.
I've just been out for the most amazing dinner,at La Parmigiana - laced with gallons of good quality French red. Forgive me.
regardez vous
Henri
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Glen Miller wrote:#36
I salute your oenophiliability - French wine in an Italian restaurant followed by a scholarly treatise on the Fab Four.
Take a rest - you've earned it.
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Comment number 38.
At 22nd Nov 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:Monday: Marvin Rainwater - 'Whole Lotta Woman'.
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:#37
Glen - you've had your anti-lennon rant before - perhaps you could leave it this time. I'm no Lennon fan, but demonising him is irrational and as illogical as any random restaurant critique.
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At 22nd Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:#37 connoisseur might be too strong a word, but it was bloody good, whatever it was - it certainly wasn't cheap, might have been Margaux: I had Guinea Fowl as a main course - fantastic - it tasted like chicken used to taste before they made it lumps of protein in a curry sauce.
No offense to the veggies, but it was tremendous.
For a reason I can't explain, I'm struck by the idea that Julie from Edinburgh might be a veggie?
night night,
tregardez - vous
Henri
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At 22nd Nov 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:WED.
We've Been Had - Ron Collider.
Dark Star - Grateful Dead (you know who's head to bring me).
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:#37, #40
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At 22nd Nov 2009, DC wrote:#37 I've read and re-read this post and, for the life of me see where the "rant" and "demonising" is.......
Maybe I've missed some evil coding. My apologies if I have
:-)
DC
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At 22nd Nov 2009, DC wrote:ooops, missed out the "can't" after the comma
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:#44
Also missed the word "before".
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Scotch Get wrote:#36
We call it Pyjamarama.
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Scotch Get wrote:#46
Across the road fae Clatty Pat's.
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:#47
It's no bad! Met Colin & Justin in there (and a few places in the same area).
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:Your dolivery is .
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At 22nd Nov 2009, paolopablo wrote:#36
I'm no musician but I am well acquainted with at least three different percussionists who would never have used ringo, great and drummer in the same sentence. In fact two of them wouldn't even use Ringo and drummer in the same sentence.
There are one or two drummers on this blog. Be interesting to see what they would think.
i'm firmly in the Billy Preston Camp :-)
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Comment number 52.
At 22nd Nov 2009, Glen Miller wrote:#36
I think Andy White played drums on Love Me Do.
#48
Were they plumping up their cushions?
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Comment number 53.
At 22nd Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:# 52 - yep, I think you're right - there are two or three takes with different drummers, I think the original single might not be Ringo, but I seem to recall the album and later pressings of the single were Ringo - if the band were prepared to put the boot into Pete Best over it and he was good enough for George Martin I find it hard to believe that we should not accept 'Ringo' and 'drummer' in the same sentence. If he wasn't at least 'very good', how did he get through 8 years at the top? I still think he's great - in the same way that Ginger Baker and Keith Moon are great - there is something about his drumming that holds the band/sound together - idiosycratic,unconventional, perhaps?
Anyway, I've remebered something for MONDAY:
- Love Like A Man - Ten Years After -
the first band I saw live, Usher Hall, 1970 - the support act were a two man accoutic folky thing who ended there set with a number that involved an electic guitar, called 'Ride a White Swan'
regardez vous
Henri
PS - under what theme could we get Pyjamarama played on GIO?
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Glen Miller wrote:#52
I like Ringo's drumming.
Learn to play Pyjamarama before Tuesday.
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:#53
Indeed. Ringo was naturally left handed yet was taught to write with his right hand and developed his own drumming style that married the two together, hence his having to arrange his snare and toms the other way round! Anyway, regardless of what we think of his playing, it is what it is. I especially like his drumming in the more experimental tracks where he is playing with a delay etc and along with a backwards track on a tape (and remember there was no SMPTE synching back then, so quite a high degree of musicality was required to get those tracks together).
For those peeps who have not yet heard Ringo's new Liverpool 8,
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He's certainly no Simon Philips or Ginger Baker, but he did the business in his day and did it well within it's own context. I think we need to be wary of 're-reading' things as seems to have become habitual these days.
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At 22nd Nov 2009, squierepiphone wrote:#41
Very disCERNing
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At 22nd Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:#53 bedtime theme
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At 22nd Nov 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:#40. Vegetarianism: Nah, not me...if we're not supposed to eat animals then wwhy are they made of meat :-)
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At 22nd Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:This debate on Ringo and the Beatles is brilliant. Could we have more of the same? Anyone got thoughts on who is the best sax player Bowie or Steve Douglas?
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At 22nd Nov 2009, squierepiphone wrote:#53
Big enough to play Woodstock. Where are they now?
#58
Why does everything taste like chicken?
#59
Steve Douglas
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At 22nd Nov 2009, FrankInDenny wrote:#51
Ringo was not a great drummer... but i liked his drumming... i'm not a great drummer but got a lot of praise from fellow drummers, but was criticized by other musicians (usually guitarists) for not being "fancy" enough..Would the Beatles have been a better group with Ginger drumming? maybe aye maybe naw who cares.. but were still having a lively debate about the group 40 years after they split.. they must still mean a lot to us all...
Frank
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At 22nd Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:#60 I was not being serious.....
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At 22nd Nov 2009, paolopablo wrote:Just back from a jazz lunch in Glasgow's finest.
The drummer was superb.
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At 22nd Nov 2009, squierepiphone wrote:#61
They would have needed a different logo for the two bass drums
#62
Well it's serious for David Bowie - it's his livelihood.
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At 22nd Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:#58 - Good, I'm with you there.I was just a tad tipsy when I came up with the thought that you might be a veggie, so apologies. I don't know many veggies, upon reflection. One of my colleagues is a veggie and seems permanently tired and worried looking.
Once there was a veggie restaurant on St George's Road (it recently closed) which had a humourless demeanour towards anything 'unveggie'.
I've never really understood why restaurants thet serve meat always offer a veggie dish and veggie restaurants would never countenance a token meat dish.It's infuriating - at one time they had a suggestion box and they would get annoyed with my suggesting 'lamb cutlets' as though I'd just suggested 'naked leap frog' with the waitress after lunch.
Things came to head one day when I settled down to enjoy a weak latte and a squint at the paper.I was assailed by the waitress and told to sign the restaurant's petition against the Iraq war. Like most people, I wasn't particularly for the war but I objected to being presumed to hold certain beliefs based simply on where I choose to drink coffee.
When I expressed the view that my decision to buy a coffee did not entitle the restaurant to canvass my views about the war the waitress was really huffy about it and insisted on leaving the petition on my table, imploring me to send a message to George W Bush.
So I did - I wrote down that I thought he was an all round good guy, to pay no attention to the vegetarian left and wished him all the best for the future.I didn't mean a word of it, of course.
Well, that finished it - if the waitress was hufffy before, she was now incandesent and ripped the page out of the petition and tore it up, wasting several other anti-war signatures - but I simply said, 'well you wanted my view - you've got it, I can't help it if it doesn't meet your expectations - I think you're a facist'.
After this frank exchange of views, I never did go back - pity, they did a great organic latte.
I don't know why the restauarant closed but I suspect an evangelical, eletist, intolerent attitude towards war-mongering meat-eaters might have had something to do with it.
Anyway, to come to the point - I don't think Ringo is a veggie, but, if he is, he doesn't bang on about it.
reagrdez vous
Henri
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:#65
Sounds familiar! Is there an echo in here?
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At 22nd Nov 2009, DC wrote:#53 PS
Instantly recognisable intros?
DC
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:#53, #67
Clothes you only wear when visiting your Mum's? :-)
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At 22nd Nov 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:#58 #65 Well I was more bemused than anything at first but now, after the further explanation, I'm a bit hurt ;-)
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At 22nd Nov 2009, squierepiphone wrote:#53
Artistes who have sold out to the advertising industry
Monday
Cajun Woman - Fairport Convention
Crazy Man Michael - Fairport Convention
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Glen Miller wrote:#53 Songs by singers who look like Terry Wogan
Mon
Painter Man - The Creation
Woman In Love - Tom Petty
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At 22nd Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:#69 - Julie - I'm so sorry, that wasn't meant to come over like that at all - I was just goofing about and remembered something that happened in a restaurant a few years ago, quite unrelated. Sincere apologies,please forgive me, I did not intend to imply any correlation between each post.
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At 22nd Nov 2009, paolopablo wrote:#58
And why does nobody stick up for these poor vegetables that live breathe and reproduce just like the animals. Just cos they can't moo or baa why should we eat them. They are our friends.
And they don't taste nearly as good chargrilled to perfection
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At 22nd Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Has a theme been done - numbers?
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At 22nd Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Or dates?
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At 22nd Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:or food?
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At 22nd Nov 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:Or combine them all - eat dates many times this Christmas! :-)
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At 22nd Nov 2009, joe-k-brown wrote:#74 - Norrie - there was a numbers theme. Ii remember because the first suggestion of mine to be played on GIO was 100 days, 100 nights.
More thoughts for Monday:
Maneater - hall and oates
I'm your man - George Michael
Blinded by the light - Manfered MANn's Earth Band
Joe
Linlithgow
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At 22nd Nov 2009, paolopablo wrote:#74
Norrie you've got to be at the wind up surely.
#75
Dunno if we've had specific dates before but it would be good as they say.
#76
They would only play Going Underground Again
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At 22nd Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Oh aye I remember now we have had numbers before.....
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At 22nd Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:#60 - Ten Years After are still on the go, according to their website - seem to have a new album out - and - it allows you to enquire about booking the band - but there is no contact for the UK: so I guess, like,many British bands of a certain age, they are bigger abroad than they are here.
No mention of Alvin Lee, though, so they will either be better or worse, but certainly not the same.
It's a strange thing - Jack Bruce is massive in Europe,Germany in particular and, wait for it - Swing Out Sister and Julia Fordham are massive in Japan - who would have thought it?
regardez vous
Henri
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At 22nd Nov 2009, paolopablo wrote:Smokie were massive all over Europe with the ill fated Black Lace guy as their lead singer. They once sued Black Lace for trying to rip off one of their songs and sounding like them and then recruited their lead singer when Chris Norman left cos he sounded like him. Black Lace went on to be massive in Butlins.
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At 23rd Nov 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:Monday - Battle Of The Sexes!
The Males Of The Species
Men In Black - Will Smith
Male Stripper - Man 2 Man
Boyfriend - Lisa Stansfield
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - The Ramones
Sexy Boy - Air
Male Ego - The Beach Boys
The Females Of The Species
Stupid Girl - Garbage
Female Of The Species - Space
Planet Of Women - ZZ Top
Attractive Female Wanted - Rod Stewart
(The) European Female - The Stranglers
Save The World, Get The Girl - The King Blues
Good Question...
Hey Boy Hey Girl - The Chemical Brothers
If I Was Your Girlfriend - Prince
Boy/Girl - U2
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At 23rd Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:Continuing JFE's ambiguous thread for Monday:
* The Kinks - Lola
(actually would prefer the Madness version from the Dangermen Sessions)
* Blur - Girls & Boys
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At 23rd Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:#58 #65 (etc)
The only possible response is .
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At 23rd Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:#65
Contrasting experience: We were in Texas the week that GulfWarII started. In a restaurant (in the generally very nice Fredricksburg, in the Hill Country), a woman at the next table noted our accents and after a few minutes' friendly conversation, asked what we thought of the war.
We expressed our opinions that it was a dumb idea, entered into for the wrong reasons, and she got very angry and demanded to know what the hell we were doing in Texas[1] then.
[1] Very Texan attitude there; to many Texans, America happens to be those other provinces on the outskirts.
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At 23rd Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:More Monday Men and Women:
* Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman
* Billy Bragg - Greetings to the New Brunette
* Ram Jam - Black Betty
* Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 and 35
-v-
* The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
* The Pogues - I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
* Badly Drawn Boy - Something to Talk About (About a Boy)
* Bowie - All The Young Dudes
* Nick Drake - River Man
(please please the version with the lovely strings rich harmony backing on it)
* Emerson Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man
* Fairport Convention - Crazy Man Michael
* The Who - Real Good Looking Boy
(Oops, it's got a swearie in it)
(Please please this time the version with the gorgeous strings>
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At 23rd Nov 2009, mikeshropshire wrote:Monday:
I can't urge you enough to dig out 'January Man' from Christy Moores 'Live at Vicar Street' album... sorry to say it but it IS my favorite track of all-time and the one I would rescue from the waves if Kirsty Young ever has me on Desert Island discs... yeah... fat chance...
Alternatively:
Man In A Shed: NIck Drake
The Man In The Iron Mask: Billy Bragg
Hard Headed Women: Cat Stevens
The Invisible Man: Darrell Scott
Man of The World: Fleetwoood Mac
A Most Peculiar Man: Simon and Garfunkel
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At 23rd Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:#88
Totally backing Mike on January Man - there's also Martin Carthy's very nice unaccompanied version (of which I've put together an arrangement - must dig out the link to it).
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At 23rd Nov 2009, Hughie Green wrote:#73
They do.
CALL ANY VEGETABLE from ABSOLUTELY FREE by THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
Monday
DIGITAL GIRL from 2032 by GONG who were excellent at Embra HMV Picture House last night
vs
MUFFIN MAN from BONGO FURY by FRANK ZAPPA AND CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
鈥︹︹.Oh look! - there's a flying teapot (pig)!!!!!!!!!!
Another on the NEVER list.
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At 23rd Nov 2009, CynthiaPlastercaster wrote:MONDAY
ARTIFICIAL RHONDA from THINGFISH by FRANK ZAPPA
HARRY AS A BOY from THINGFISH by FRANK ZAPPA
MANdrake from ANGEL'S EGG by GONG
LADY RACHEL from 大象传媒 SESSIONS 1970-1976 by KEVIN AYERS
RAINY DAY WOMEN from BLONDE ON BLONDE by BOB DYLAN
MR COOL from YES, WE HAVE NO MANNAS by KEVIN AYERS
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At 23rd Nov 2009, lordlucanismissing wrote:Hello Me Hearties.
For the man/woman coupling tonight, may I suggest a couple of tracks.
First up I'll go for Gentlemen Take Polaroids by Japan, followed by Foxy Lady by Jimi Hendrix (or The Cure!).
So thank you ladies and gentlemen. That is my suggestion for tonight's show. Hope you're all feeling hale and hearty.
LLIM.
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At 23rd Nov 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:Forgot 'Man at C+A'- The Specials.
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At 23rd Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:Another brilliant track for tonight that I've not heard in a while:
* Cracker: Eurotrash Girl
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At 23rd Nov 2009, Adam_from_Rio wrote:#92 Lord Luc, was that request for any man/woman coupling tonight or did you have someone in mind?
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At 23rd Nov 2009, hughfromglasgow wrote:MAN:
Particle Man - They Might Be Giants
Man Out Of Time - Elvis Costello
WOMAN:
She's No Lady - Lyle Lovett
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At 23rd Nov 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:So the theme has changed again... 'Man or woman in the title' is not what it says on the blog. Any chance the themes could stay the same on the night? Otherwise when you take the time to choose tracks it could be a massive waste of time.
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At 23rd Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:#90 #91 I take it gregary-peccary and cynthia plastercaster are either related or one and the same?
Quite obscure (I think) Zappa, Beefheart, Ayres in consecutive posts?
However deserving, it's hard to imagine them being played:
Well, I was thrilled and surprised 'This Woman's Work' got played, so there's hope for the above but now we know not to request Joss Stone, Dean Friedman ( or Fat Old Sun by Dave Gilmour). I've a growing suspicion the production team don't like Leonard 'Laghing Larry' Cohen either, because 'I'm Your Man' would have been excellent tonight.
Did Dean Friedman sing 'The Pina Colada Song' or was he the 'Instant Replay' man - I always get them mixed up. I liked Instant Replay......Thursday?
By the way, I've been practicing hard on Pyjamarama - (the drum bit near the begining) but maybe there's someone out there who can do it better - so we can get it on tomorrow night?
regardez vous
Henri
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At 23rd Nov 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:That's a shame Jim. It's annoying whether the theme is narrowed or widened. And another thing...when I first listened to GIO I loved the inclusion of some 'quirky' tracks and it would be a shame if that was vetoed (is the programme not our show after all?). Well...on to Tuesday's request...when I was about 8 or 9 I, like my sisters before me, had piano lessons. I learned to play for a year or two then my piano teacher up
and died on me (how inconvenient of him). As he was a scary-looking crotchety old man who wore fingerless gloves I thought all piano teachers were the same so never pursued further tuition. That meant I couldn't follow my sisters in playing piano for the creche at church. Even now during prayers I imagine I can hear 'The wise man built his house upon the rock' tinkling (not like Babs's cat) forth from the vestry. The only tune, apart from the first few bars of The Enertainer'and some light classical tunes..that I can play with both hands....badly...is 'DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES'. I thought It'd be impossible to suggest that but I've discovered that it's been recorded by DUKE SPECIAL + NEIL HANNON, also JOHNNY CASH.
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At 23rd Nov 2009, Scotch Get wrote:#88
I'll tell you who Kirsty will be having...
Sunday, November 29th 11:15 Repeated on
Friday, December 4th 09:00 大象传媒 Radio4
Kirsty will implore Morrissey to go live where we can't hear him...
Lord, hear our prayer.
>8-D
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